Re: Proposal to switch powerpc64le to IEEE-754 binary128

Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:55 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ppc
Message-ID <CAJ-Vmonns2sT98j+dE5O7UwKsdGhga447Jhy_b=8uKgdfMBQCg@mail.gmail.com>
for reference!

Flag day has happened!

Piotr - time to update all the ports if you haven't already heh



-adrian

On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 at 06:27, Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Done!
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> Let's break stuff.
>
>
> -a
>
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 11:49, Piotr Kubaj <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On 26-06-14 15:48:51, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > > On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 at 14:39, Piotr Kubaj <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > >
> > > > > Ok. Let's pick a date and give anyone else a chance to speak up before
> > > > > you pull the lever and commit us to the path!
> > > > Is next Saturday 20.06 OK?
> > >
> > > Sure, just keep in mind people will be at BSDCan 2026 :-)
> > >
> > > Do you have diffs up for the ports? Eg the ports will need to know
> > > that if they're targeting 15 they should build the old abi, but 16
> > > after a certain point they should target a different abi?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -adrian
> >
> > I have some diffs for ports. For some ports, the fix will be applied
> > to all versions, but for others fixes will have to applied via
> > EXTRA_PATCHES, based on OS version.
> >
> > If the patch is OK to commit, can you accept it in Phabricator?